Technical Bathroom Drawing Enclosed *MS Paint Special*

[philiptompkjns]

I would like to play Devil's Advocate with you, but I need to understand more about your drawing.

1: Am I looking at a 24" walkway on either side of the shower?
2: Is the sink located in the shower?
3: Is the toilet set back into a 24" recess?

Dave Siegel

1: no, the shower is the walkway
2: Yes
3: No, that is 24" wide

[philiptompkjns]

I'm one of those folks who likes to see people do things their own way (keep the creativity juices flowing). So, although this design wouldn't work for us, I still will throw in a few suggestions...

1) Don't forget to allow for moving large items in/out of the bedroom area. If you have plans for a larger mattress, that could be an interesting challenge with your door placement.

2) The 24 inch wide area for the toilet sounds kinda cramped. It will be less of a problem if you go with a half wall. Just expanding this to 26 or 28 inches would be a noticeable improvement. 

3) I realize you labored over the drawing and things may not be to scale. But it looks like the sink is about the size of a coffee can.  I am concerned that, if you put a "real" sized sink in there, you have an obstruction to the center aisle doorway.  Just trying to picture how this will appear.

4) Lastly, I am thinking about the shower floor.  I am picturing folks walking from from the kitchen to the bedroom and having to walk across the shower pan. They have to step over an inch or two lip twice. and if the shower was recently used, the pan will have to be dried after each use. (wet footprints and slip hazzard) I have been trying to think of a solution for this.  Perhaps you could construct a mini-pallet with carpet on the upper surface. When you take a shower, the pallet spends a few minutes in the bedroom. When you are finished showering, it gets placed back in the shower pan and provides a nice carpeted surface, the same height as the shower pan lips. Sort of a bridge across the shower.   

1. good point. This is one reason I'm trying to keep the doorways 30", this  might help.

2. Thanks to several who've said that, I might take that advice and go for 26ish", also I'm wondering if a pocket door would be a good idea right there.

3.  That was just a joke, I probably spent  less than  one minute  on that.  I don't need a beautiful diagram, I just wanted to be able to share the general idea of what I'm thinking.

4. The mini pallet idea might work well, that is something that I could add later.  I don't know how big of a deal/safety concern the 2"  step into the shower will be, I could build a sort of  ramp on either side though, not sure if that'll help.  Just so you know after some bad experiences involving a party, a beach and a carpeted S&S MH, I'm banning carpet from any floor of my bus, maybe the roof/walls.

[philiptompkjns]

Do you really want to set in and out of the shower to walk thru ? It would not be lik going thru a closet with the drain and sides. No matter how short the sides are. Do you need that big of shower? Why swing a door into it? Each to their own, but not for me.  Tom Y

Well, either the door will swing into the shower or bedroom.  If it swings into the  bedroom the door will hit the bed before it opens 180deg.  If it swings into the shower I can open it 180deg, and latch it open to keep it out of the way.

[philiptompkjns]

Ok, as per the direction of you guys and a girl friend, here is a slightly revised version: